Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was an Anglo-American neoclassical architect who immigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States, drawing on influences from his travels in Italy, as well as British and French Neoclassical architects such as Claude Nicolas Ledoux. In his thirties, he immigrated to the new United States and designed the United States Capitol, on "Capitol Hill" in Washington, D.C., as well as the Old Baltimore Cathedral or The Baltimore Basilica, (later renamed the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary). It is the first Cathedral constructed in the United States for any Christian denomination. Latrobe also designed the largest structure in America at the time, the "Merchants' Exchange" in Baltimore. With extensive balconied atriums through the wings and a large central rotunda under a low dome which dominated the city, it was completed in 1820 after five years of work and endured into the early twentieth century.Latrobe immigrated to America from England in 1796, initially settling in Virginia where he worked on the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. Latrobe then moved to Philadelphia where he established his practice. In 1803, he was hired as Surveyor of the Public Buildings of the United States, and spent much of the next fourteen years working on projects in the new national capital of Washington, D.C., (in the newly-laid out Federal capital of the District of Columbia) where he served as the second Architect of the Capitol. He also was responsible for the design of the White House porticos. Latrobe spent the later years of his life in New Orleans, Louisiana working on a waterworks project, and died there in 1820 from yellow fever.
Latrobe has been called the "father of American architecture". He was the uncle of Charles La Trobe, who was the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria in Australia. Provided by Wikipedia
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Impressions respecting New Orleans : diary & sketches, 1818-1820 / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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The Virginia journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1795-1798 / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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View of the practicability and means of supplying the city of Philadelphia with wholesome water In a letter to John Miller, esquire, from B. Henry Latrobe, engineer. December 29th,... by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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Opinion on a project for removing the obstructions to a ship navigation to Georgetown, Col by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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The Virginia journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1795-1798 / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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The engineering drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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The journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1799-1820 : from Philadelphia to New Orleans / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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Anniversary oration pronounced before the Society of artists of the United States / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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American copper mines by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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Impressions respecting New Orleans diary & sketches, 1818-1820 / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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The journal of Latrobe being the notes and sketches of an architect, naturalist and traveler in the United States from 1796 to 1820 / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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Latrobe's view of America, 1795-1820 : selections from the watercolors and sketches / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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American copper-mines by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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The architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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An answer to the Joint Committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia, on the subject of a plan for supplying the city with water, &c by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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American copper-mines by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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An answer to the Joint Committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia, on the subject of a plan for supplying the city with water, &c by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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A private letter to the individual members of Congress on the subject of the public buildings of the United States at Washington / by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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Letter and report from Benjamin H. Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings at the city of Washington on the subject of the said buildings. by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
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